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The city of Bend, Ore., plans to start enforcing false alarm fees after responding to more than 2,000 such calls in each of the past two years. The City Council in 2012 approved fees of $250 for a second false …

The Olive Branch Fire Department responded to 262 false alarms at businesses during the 12-month period that ended March 30. Lt. Steve Walker with the Mississippi city’s fire prevention bureau said during an earlier 12-month period, the figure was 333. …